The Great Horned Owl is the largest owl in Colorado. Females are larger than males, but males have the loudest hoots. Adobe iStock photo
The hooting owl that has it all
Great Horned Owls reign Supreme,the ultimate avian predator, even to other Owls.
– Rob Palmer
A friend told me she was hearing an owl early in the evening on March 18. When she looked out her kitchen window, she saw the owl was hooting, perched on the prow of her house. With each hoot, its tail feathers stood straight up.
Indeed, the Great Horned Owl’s, “Hoohoohoo, hoohoo, hoo,” is distinctive and attracts attention. In the early days of ornithology, this bird was called the “Big Hoot Owl...
